Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, President and CEO of VIA Rail Canada, is invited by the Institut pour le partenariat public privé to deliver a conference.

VIA Rail is considering a strategy to raise $3 billion in private investment to build dedicated passenger tracks between Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. Mr. Desjardins-Siciliano will outline the proposal comparing it to similar ventures in Canada and abroad. The venture would see the Corporation go out to the global markets to find interested investors, very likely as a P3 arrangement.

When:

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 7:30 am

Where:

Club Saint-James1145 Union Ave. Montreal

About VIA Rail CanadaAs Canada's national rail passenger service, VIA Rail Canada (viarail.ca) and its 2,500 employees are mandated to provide safe, efficient and economical passenger transportation service, in both official languages of our country. VIA Rail operates intercity, regional and transcontinental trains linking over 400 communities across Canada, and safely transports nearly four million passengers annually. The Corporation was awarded seven Safety Awards by the Railway Association of Canada over the last eight years, and was the recipient of the 2012 Agent's Choice Award voted by Canadian travel agents and presented by Baxter Travel Media. To learn more about VIA Rail: http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail

SOURCE VIA Rail Canada Inc.

For further information: Interviews with VIA Rail's Yves Desjardins-Siciliano are available upon request. Please contact: Chantal Dufresne (514) 871-6266